DARWIN ROOF-TOP PROTEST ENDS
After seven days, the roof top protest by five asylum seekers at Darwin detention centre ended this morning (Wednesday 20 July), after Immigration officials...
TEN ASYLUM SEEKER FAMILIES AT LEONORA ON HUNGERÂ STRIKE
Media Release October 22, 2010
The parents of ten families at the Leonora detention centre are on hunger strike.
The families are believed to be Kurdish,...
Nauru authorities ignore eight-year-old after father wrongly arrested
Two examples from Nauru reveal the lack of law and order and child services and protection on Nauru.
One 44-year-old Iranian refugee father has been...
Refugee protests across Indonesia to mark Refugee Day
Hundreds of refugees, mostly Afghan and Sudanese, staged protests on World Refugee Day in cities across Indonesia to demand resettlement after years of being stranded in poverty.Â
Nauru refugees petition against delays and exclusion from the US
Around 500 Nauruan refugees have signed a petition (Nauru resettlement petition) directed to Australian Border Force demanding a timetable for refugee resettlement; to be...
Vietnamese asylum seekers hold Peaceful Hunger Strike
Around 350 Vietnamese asylum seekers in Yongah Hill detention centre (near Perth) held a 24 hour protest hunger strike on Friday, 6 September (photos...
Manus asylum seekers petition Palmer over new TPV laws
More than 100 asylum seekers on Manus Island have sent Clive Palmer a hand-written letter (letter with names redacted below) appealing for him not...
Clare O’Neil lets PNG refugee kids go hungry
Inaction by the Australian government is leaving refugee families destitute.
Melbourne ASIO negative refugees begin mass hunger strike
At 2.00am, Monday morning (8 April), 28 ASIO negative refugees (24 Sri Lankan, 2 Iranian 2 Rohingyans) began a hunger strike at the Melbourne...
